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Press Release
New Tinnitus Phase-Out™ Treatment for Tinnitus Introduced at New York Academy of Medicine Symposium
For Immediate Release
Feb. 20, 2004
A new, non-invasive treatment that significantly reduces the debilitating effects of the most common form of tinnitus, or "ringing in the ears," was presented at a New York Academy of Medicine Symposium on Feb. 19, 2004 by Daniel S.J. Choy, M.D., of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Lenox Hill Hospital.
The treatment, called Tinnitus Phase-Out™ treatment, was
recently cleared by the FDA. It addresses dominant
tone tinnitus—tinnitus
primarily perceived at a single pitch—which is prevalent in 76% of
all cases.
Tinnitus is a condition characterized by unnatural noises in the ear. It is estimated that some 50 million Americans suffer, in one way or another, from its debilitating effects.
Dr. Daniel S.J. Choy presenting his findings for the treatment of tinnitus at the New York Academy of Medicine Symposium, Feb. 19. 2004.
The Symposium was sponsored by The New York Academy of Medicine Section on Biomedical Engineering and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine Society. More than 50 physicians, audiologists and other healthcare professionals attended.
Jack Vernon, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Otolaryngology at the Oregon Health Sciences University and Co-Founder of the American Tinnitus Association preceded Dr. Choy's presentation with an overview of the current state of tinnitus treatment.
The Tinnitus Phase-Out™ therapy introduced by Dr. Choy utilizes the principles of phase shifting the patient's own sound wave to counteract tinnitus symptoms.
Dr. Choy reported that 83% of participants in the most recent clinical study of the treatment regimen demonstrated a positive response.
The first stage of Tinnitus Phase-Out™ treatment is "sound-typing" the patient to determine specific, individual tinnitus characteristics. Once the tinnitus has been matched, the patient is exposed, through headphones, to a prescribed, electronically manipulated tone.
More than 50 physicians, audiologists and other healthcare professionals attended the New York Academy of Medicine Symposium on Tinnitus Treatments and heard Dr. Daniel S.J. Choy present results of his research into phase shifting techniques.
He added that "The residual effect of the treatment has been shown to last, on average, about one week. And some patients have reported residual inhibition of symptoms for as long as several weeks."
